Program Details

Courses offered in The James Benjamin Department of Accounting Flex Online MS Accounting program offer the same world-class education as our prestigious in-person accounting program, available anywhere. The courses provided in the online curriculum closely resemble those provided in the in-person degree.

The Flex Online MS Accounting Program has three tracks for students: Audit, Tax or Advanced Accounting.

Students who are transitioning to accounting from another field will take Foundational Core courses, Common Core Courses, and select electives to focus on either an audit or tax track.

Students with an accounting undergraduate degree follow our Advanced Accounting Track which includes Common Core Courses plus electives from both the audit and tax tracks. This will also be coupled with an independent study or research course or selected electives in other fields such as MIS or Management based on a review of the undergraduate transcript.

Upon admission to the program, program staff will enroll students in the appropriate classes based on a review of their transcripts, CPE eligibility requirements, and student interest.

Foundational Core Courses for Non-Accounting Undergraduates (Credit Hours)

ACCT 601: Financial Reporting I (3)

ACCT 602: Financial Reporting II (3)

ACCT 604: Auditing (3)

ACCT 605: Income Tax (3)

Common Core Courses

ACCT 646: International Accounting (3)

ACCT 650: Accounting Ethics (3)

ACCT 647: Financial Statement Analysis (3)

ACCT 657: Data Analytics (3)

ACCT 664: Critical Accounting Communication (3)

Audit Track Electives:

ACCT 648: Accounting Information Systems (3)

ACCT 628: Business Application Modeling (3)

ACCT 607: Audit Seminar (3)

Tax Track Electives:

ACCT 621: Corporate Taxation (3)

ACCT 612: Partnership & Real Estate Taxation (3)

ACCT 680: Tax Research & Policy (3)

All applicants should plan to complete the following pre-enrollment course before applying for Admission to the Flex Online MS Accounting program at Texas A&M University.

• Introduction to Financial Accounting (Intro to Accounting I)
• Introduction to Business Computing (BCIS type course) – optional as long as the applicant is comfortable with essential Office Suite functionality (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

The Flex Online MS Accounting program is designed for students with an Accounting or Finance academic background but can also accommodate a student coming from another background. If you are an interested student without prior Accounting or Finance coursework, email the Flex Online MS Accounting admissions team at onlinemsacct@mays.tamu.edu to identify steps you can take to be prepared for this program.